--- title: Envisn's IBM Cognos Blog | The Envisn Team (2) description: Envisn's Cognos Blog provides best practice and IBM Cognos specific tips. 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In most cases... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/object-change-management-in-cognos-analytics) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/cognos-scheduled-report.png) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-scheduled-reports-in-cognos-analytics) ### [Managing Scheduled Reports in Cognos Analytics](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-scheduled-reports-in-cognos-analytics) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on August 1, 2019 *By Paul Hausser, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* Nearly every Cognos environment that’s been operational for a period of time has a large number of scheduled reports. These reports are essential to managing day to day... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-scheduled-reports-in-cognos-analytics) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/cognos-wordcloud.png) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/harness-the-true-power-of-cognos) ### [Harness the True Power of Cognos](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/harness-the-true-power-of-cognos) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on June 19, 2019 *By Elwood Philbrick, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* This blog is different from any other we have done. All of our previous blogs have been about Cognos Analytics on subjects that help Cognos administrators learn more... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/harness-the-true-power-of-cognos) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/security-cube.png) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/cognos-security-the-high-cost-of-not-knowing) ### [Cognos Security – The High Cost of Not Knowing](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/cognos-security-the-high-cost-of-not-knowing) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on May 31, 2019 *By Paul Hausser, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* Of all the areas of Cognos administration the one that appears to cause the most anxiety is security. This likely is the result of the fact that there are so many ways... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/cognos-security-the-high-cost-of-not-knowing) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/disparate-data-sources.jpg) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/data-provenance-in-cognos-analytics) ### [Data Provenance in Cognos Analytics](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/data-provenance-in-cognos-analytics) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on April 30, 2019 *By Paul Hausser, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* Most institutional data used for reporting purposes comes from one or more data warehouses which are typically aggregations of internal transaction systems like SAP,... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/data-provenance-in-cognos-analytics) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/dominoes.png) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-triggers-in-cognos-analytics) ### [Managing Triggers in Cognos Analytics](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-triggers-in-cognos-analytics) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on March 28, 2019 *By Paul Hausser, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* Triggers are widely used across many Cognos environments, particularly larger ones where reports are often scheduled based on one or more dependent events being... [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/managing-triggers-in-cognos-analytics) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/impact.jpg) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics-part-ii) ### [Impact Analysis in Cognos Analytics – Part II](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics-part-ii) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on December 21, 2018 *By Elwood Philbrick, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* In this second part of this blog subject we are going to focus on some less traditional areas of [impact analysis](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics) in Cognos Analytics but no less important. These are: [Read More](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics-part-ii) [![](https://www.envisn.com/hubfs/impact.jpg) ](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics) ### [Impact Analysis in Cognos Analytics - Part I](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/impact-analysis-in-cognos-analytics) by [The Envisn Team](https://www.envisn.com/envisn-cognos-blog/author/the-envisn-team) on October 17, 2018 *By Elwood Philbrick, [Envisn, Inc.](https://www.envisn.com/)* Administering Cognos Analytics is mostly about managing change. Changes to reports, packages, models, security, triggers, schedules, etc. are ongoing. Doing this... 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